The slaveowners hypocritically wanted their slaves--whom they considered mere property rather than human beings--to be counted in the census to give thim more representatives in the House of Representatives. The anti-slavery people quite correctly pointed out this hypocrisy and that its only result would be to increase the power of the slaveholders in Congress. They didn't want them counted at all.
"Three fifths of all other persons" was a compromise.
I think my objection is to the entire Democrat approach to anything they disagree with. If a convervative doesn’t like something on TV, they turn the channel. Libs want to outlaw it to restrict choice to only those things they like. If a conservative doesn’t think 32oz soft drinks are a good idea, they don’t buy them. The liberals want to outlaw them, again, to restrict your choices. It the same here. They don’t like statues, so they tear them down and break them apart. They have no regard for anything but their own position. They are dictators.
Of additional significance—if you were counted for purposes of representation you were also counted for purposes of taxation, so the comporomise cut both ways. Too bad the 16th amendment severed the connection.